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Screams were heard throughout Las Noches, the arrancar watching as lights flashed off his glasses, standing straight with his hands on a keyboard, a smile on his face all the while. He chuckled and looked to the side.

Just wait, Yuri Hikari.

Meanwhile, the woman he spoke of, Yuri, snored softly, laying in bed, her eyebrows furrowed as she turned around. Blue eyes stared at the woman, a smile like look on the cat's face as it's tail flicked back and forth. Yukiko, Shun's cat, stared at the brown haired woman and narrowed its eyes, waiting patiently. Yuri scrunched up her face and slowly opened her eyes, staring into a pair of eyes. She stayed quiet as the two stared at each other.

Yuri snapped her eyes wide open and screamed.

Hitsugaya jumped and narrowed his eyes when he heard the scream, already running down the hallway from his office, Matsumoto peering out of the office and blinking several times. When he made it to her room, he slid the door open.

"Yuri!"

What he found... left him dumbfounded.

The brown haired woman was petting a white cat with a wide smile, looking pale. He stayed near the door, blinking several times and clearing his throat. The cat opened its eyes and turned its head to stare at him while Yuri jumped and looked towards him.

"Captain Hitsugaya?" Yuri muttered, staring at the Captain curiously.

"Uh... you screamed." Hitsugaya said, his eyes wide and looking very confused.

"Well that's because Yukiko came out of nowhere when I woke up!" Yuri chirped, grinning widely. She blinked and stared at the cat. "Come to think of it... Yukiko's been alone since Shun was taken. I wonder who has been taken care of her?"

Elsewhere

"Yukiko!"

"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty!"

"Where's the cat?"

"Anyone seen the cat?"

Apparently... the eleventh division members have been watching the cat.

Amazing, eh?

Back

Hitsugaya narrowed his eyes.

She called her friend by her name instead of her nickname again. He sighed and slid the door closed behind himself, seeing the woman smile sadly as she scratched Yukiko's back. She blinked and looked up a second later, tilting her head curiously.

"Why are you here, Captain Hitsugaya?" Yuri asked, raising her eyebrows slightly.

The Captain stayed quiet and looked to the side with a slightly flushed face. He cleared his throat and stared at the woman, seeing her stare at him while looking slightly pale. She regained some of her energy by sleeping, but she still needed to eat.

"I'm taking you out to eat." Hitsugaya said, seeing the woman blink.

"Okay?" Yuri muttered, tilting her head while furrowing her eyebrows in confusion.

They soon started walking down the street together, Yuri's eyebrows furrowed with worry and Hitsugaya looking to the side with an uncomfortable look on his face. They both didn't know what to do. Tears rolled down the woman's face comically, having no clue what to do. She didn't even remember when she fell asleep the night before.

Wait.

How did she get to her room?

She walked down the street alongside Hitsugaya, her head tilted to the side and her eyes narrowed in concentration. She has absolutely no idea. The Captain glanced at the woman, raising an eyebrow when he saw her looking up with a very serious look.

"Captain... Hitsugaya...?" Yuri muttered, her head lowered.

"Yes?"

"How... did I get to my room?"

Hitsugaya froze and looked straight ahead, cursing in his head and looking at the woman. Yuri stared at him with a curious glance, seeing her blink several times. He looked forward once more with the sides of his mouth pointed downwards, looking pale.

"I guess you were so tired you walked to your room without ever realizing." Hitsugaya said, rubbing the back of his neck uncomfortably.

"Oh... okay!" Yuri chirped, grinning widely.

The Captain sighed out of relief, looking away from the woman to hide his expression. Yuri blinked and furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. But she could have sworn she saw Hitsugaya before she fell asleep. She stayed quiet before shrugging.

Once they made it to a restaurant... they were still quiet.

They looked in other directions besides each other after they ordered, still way, way, way too uncomfortable around each other. Hitsugaya sighed and leaned forward while propping his elbow on the table, resting his cheek on his palm, still facing away from the woman.

When their food arrived, they were still quiet.

When they walked back, they were quiet.

When they parted their ways, they only mumbled goodbyes and left.

When they were alone... they started blushing heavily.

Yuri shook her head with a small pout on her lips, her eyebrows furrowed. She didn't know what to do or say around him. She put her hands on her cheeks and cried comically. She didn't know what to do!

Hitsugaya sighed as he walked back towards the office. He still didn't know what to say to her. Say he missed her, felt sorry, wanted her to be close to him again. He scoffed. Better said than done. He paused and turned, blinking when he saw Yuri's friend.

Jiro blinked, holding a pile of papers.

Both men stared at each other for a while. Hitsugaya narrowed his eyes at the same time Jiro did. But what the blue haired man did next... surprised him.

He gave him a thumbs up with a bright smile.

Hitsugaya stayed quiet before blinking stupidly.

What the hell?

Jiro walked by with a wide grin, holding the pile of papers in his hand. After he rounded the corner a bright smile lit up on his face, making a fist and holding it up. Alright! Just a little bit more talking and the two would be lovey dovey again.

He grinned widely and nodded.

Yuri shivered and looked up with a confused look.

-:-

Kurotsuchi sighed and typed on the computer, dark circles under his eyes. He had no time for sleep. All these numbers had to mean something. He continued to type, narrowing his eyes with concentration.

He was still troubled.

He had managed to hack into the machine, yet he had trouble for two weeks. He frowned as his features hardened. What did that mean? He continued to type, trying to figure out this combination.

Just when his fingers were about to push another button, he paused and narrowed his eyes. He pressed several more buttons, seeing something appear on his screen. He widened his eyes slightly, immediately calling for a hell butterfly.

-:-

Yuri walked into the twelfth division with her Captain, her eyes wide, peering into rooms and seeing people testing some stuff. She widened her eyes when she saw someone cutting off someone's arm! She jumped and walked closer to Hitsugaya, making him snap his attention to her.

He didn't blame her.

There were a bunch of freaks here.

When they walked into Kurotsuchi's laboratory he had to scowl when he saw they were the last ones there. Hell, even Kenpachi made it before him. And the man had terrible directions. He walked into the group with Yuri right beside him, all staring at the scientist, seeing a look in his eye.

"Why were we called here?" Kyoraku asked, lifting up his hat. "I was about to take a nap."

"What I am about to show you is more important than a nap!" Kurotsuchi snapped, making everyone blink and stare at him seriously.

"What is it?" Ukitake asked, his eyes narrowed with his hands clenched by his sides.

"Stay quiet and I will show you." Kurotsuchi said, turning around and typing quickly.

Yuri blinked and looked past the crowd, staring at the screen with curiosity. Everyone stared quietly, all their eyes narrowed, wondering why the scientist suddenly looked serious. After all the time they've known him he was all about laughing at others misfortune.

When everyone glanced at the screen, they widened their eyes when they saw... Rio.

The brown haired woman widened her eyes, staring at the screen in shock, seeing a pool of blood around the woman, tied to a chair with her eyes dull and void of life. Ichigo cursed and glared at the screen. They all tensed when they saw a hand waving, gaining the woman's attention. Byakuya narrowed his eyes dangerously, glaring at the screen.

"Hello! Rio!"

Everyone narrowed their eyes when they recognized that voice. Katsu! The screen moved, showing the arrancar with a smile on his face, walking towards the woman.

"Are you happy here, Rio?" Katsu asked, circling the woman with a dark look in his eye.

The green eyed woman hesitantly nodded, trembling slightly. She flinched when he grabbed her face, turning her head up and making her stare him in the eye. She widened her eyes slightly when she saw a cold look on his face with that smile still on his lips.

"Are you lying... Rio?" Katsu asked, amusement in his voice.

Rio shook her head.

"That's good." Katsu said, standing up and folded his arms behind his back. "If you did lie, then I would have to punish you. But please tell me this, Rio. Do you... hate me?" He asked, standing behind the woman.

The green eyed woman swallowed hard and shook her head. She gasped when he grabbed her chin, turning her head slightly to see the arrancar staring at her. Katsu stared in her eyes, narrowing his eyes a second later.

A sharp slap sounded in the room.

Yuri covered her mouth, trembling slightly, gaining Hitsugaya's attention and making him frown slightly. He reached out before hesitantly grabbing her, seeing her flinch when he pulled her towards him.

Blood poured from Rio's mouth, her eyes wide as tears ran down her face and onto her lap. Katsu cooed, walking around the woman until he was in front of her, bending down until his face was in front of hers.

"I wouldn't have hit you, Rio... if you hadn't lied to me." Katsu said, smiling widely as he narrowed his eyes. "Are you going to lie to me anymore, hm?"

Rio shook her head wildly as her shoulders shook, whimpering. Katsu didn't seem to like that noise, seeing as he kicked her, making her eyes widen and cry out in pain.

"That sick bastard!" Ichigo yelled, glaring at the screen.

Byakuya narrowed his eyes at the same time Yuri closed hers tightly, not wanting to see anymore. Everyone stared at the screen with serious looks on their faces, their hands clenched tightly by their sides. What they heard next made them all raise their eyebrows slightly.

"Katsu!"

The arrancar blinked and turned his head, the screen moving until it rested on the black haired woman.

Kenpachi narrowed his eyes and took a step closer, his knuckles white when he saw the woman bind to the wall with cuffs all over her body, dry and fresh blood all over her body. He curled his upper lip.

"Why the hell are you doing this to her?" Shun yelled, her hands clenched tightly. "I thought I told you to leave her alone!"

"...You seem to forget, Shun." Katsu said, tilting his head with a chuckle. "I don't listen to no one. Besides, why would I listen to a shinigami? Can you answer that?"

Shun curled her upper lip and glared at the arrancar. She panted heavily as she groaned and closed her eyes in pain, clenching her hands tightly, trembling slightly. She shook her head and opened her eyes, giving the arrancar a dark glare.

"No answer?" Katsu said, raising his eyebrows with a smile. "In that case..."

His fist hit the side of Rio's head, making her head snap to the side with her eyes wide, her cheek red. Shun widened her eyes with rage and tried to get the bindings off, yelling curses at the arrancar. Rio coughed, blood pouring out of her mouth. Katsu tilted his head.

"Aww. Did you bite the inside of your mouth that hard, Rio?" Katsu asked, seeing the woman tremble uncontrollably. "Do you want me... to heal you?" He asked, leaning close to the woman's ear, seeing her shiver.

"Get the hell away from her and punish me, dammit!" Shun yelled, one of her eyes closed.

Katsu paused as a wide smile spread across his face, slowly standing up and staring at the woman. Shun stared back at him with a hard look, her upper lip curled. He slowly started walking towards her, raising his eyebrows slightly.

"Is that so, Shun?" Katsu asked, standing in front of the woman, taller than her. "Are you saying... Shun... that you wouldn't actually mind me... cutting off your limbs just to save your friend?"

The woman widened her eyes.

"WHAT?" Kenpachi growled, clenching his hands tightly as his reiatsu steadily started to rise, hearing commotions from the other people in the room.

Shun stared at the arrancar in shock before narrowing her eyes, clenching her hands until her knuckles turned white. Rio stared at her friend weakly, barely able to breathe. The black haired woman lowered her head and slowly nodded. Both women jumped when the arrancar started clapping.

"Excellent!" Katsu exclaimed, smiling widely. "Afterward, I will regrow any limbs I cut off, hm? Painfully?"

That's when the screen went fuzzy, all the Captains, and the one woman who wasn't a Captain, staring at the screen in shock. Regrow her limbs? Kurotsuchi narrowed his eyes, turning around, seeing serious looks on everyone's faces.

"There are more of those videos."

Ichigo widened his eyes with all the others, staring at the scientist and silently asking if he was serious. Kurotsuchi rolled his eyes and nodded, making everyone start yelling. Kurotsuchi then told everyone to be quiet when in his laboratory.

"But to see those videos, I must enter the numbers on this screen." Kurotsuchi said, putting his finger on the screen, everyone seeing hundreds of numbers. "And since I type faster than anyone here, I can get another of those videos in under one minute."

"So it's almost like Youtube."

Everyone blinked, turning their heads, seeing a woman standing in the room. A woman had big glasses on her face and a baggy shihakusho, staring back at everyone. She grinned widely and ran out of the room.

"...Who was that?"

(A/N Disregard what you just read! XD I couldn't help but put myself in there at a very serious moment.)

"Really?" Ichigo asked, staring at the scientist with a scowl, still looking angry like all the others.

Kurotsuchi gave the youngest shinigami a look, making Ichigo scowl when he got the message with the look. The mad scientist turned and started typing, everyone staring intently at the screen.

Yuri's eyes were wide with horror.

She just saw both her friends... and they both looked so weak. Tears ran down Yuri's face, whimpering, her hands clenched by her sides. She ran out of the room, Hitsugaya staring after her before taking off in the direction she went. Ichigo stared after them, feeling slightly relieved. At least he ran after her. He could understand.

How could someone watch... people they looked up to being tortured.

When Hitsugaya finally made it up to Yuri, he paused and stopped, seeing the woman's shoulders shake as she stood in one spot, tears running down her face and falling onto the ground. She whimpered and closed her eyes tightly, using her arm to wipe the tears, falling to her knees. Hitsugaya furrowed his eyebrows slightly and walked towards the woman, bending down and putting a hand on her shoulder.

Yuri whimpered before wrapping her arms around Hitsugaya, catching him off guard and falling backwards.

Back inside the laboratory, everyone watched as the woman were beaten, hearing their screams, blood always shown on their bodies in every video. Ichigo narrowed his eyes. The sick fu-

The screen went black, making everyone blink.

"Wha... What happened?" Soi Fon asked, her eyes narrowed and stepping forward.

"Why did the screen go black?" Komamura asked, glancing at the scientist.

"Hold on! I am trying to fix it!" Kurotsuchi said, typing quickly, his eyes narrowed and looking ready to snap.

"Turn it off and back on!" Ichigo yelled, stepping forward.

Everyone paused and stared at him, seeing him stand straight and rub the back of his head.

"This is not a computer from the World of the Living, Kurosaki!" Kurotsuchi snapped, glaring at the orange haired man. "Now step back so I can-"

The screen went back on, at the same time the one outside grew in size, gaining the attention from all the shinigami. All the Captains snapped their attention at the screen, widening their eyes while others immediately curled their upper lips and clenched their hands.

On the screen was... Katsu Shichirou.

The arrancar narrowed his eyes with a smile, every single shinigami instantly narrowing their eyes and starting to yell curses at the screen. He tilted his head with a kind smile, closing his eyes with a bright look on his face.

Yuri widened her eyes when she looked at the screen, feeling Hitsugaya hold her close.

"Hello, Captains of the Gotei thirteen." Katsu said, opening his eyes and peering through the screen.

"What do you want?" Ichigo asked, glaring at the small screen, not sure if the arrancar could even hear him.

"Aw, I'm hurt, Captain Kurosaki. Even after I went through all the trouble... of recording those videos." Katsu said, narrowing his eyes with a dark chuckle leaving his mouth. "Though, I must admit... doing all those things to Shun and Rio... was very exciting." He said, licking his lips.

Kenpachi widened his eyes with rage while Byakuya clenched his hands by his sides.

"Oh, yes. Before I forget, Captain Kurotsuchi." Katsu said, smiling brightly. "I hope you don't mind... that I helped you."

The scientist narrowed his eyes.

Helped him?

"I'm sure you are wondering why it was suddenly so easy... to hack into my little machine." Katsu said, tilting his head with a large smile on his face. "If I hadn't helped you, you would have never been able to hack into my system."

Kurotsuchi clenched his hands and glared at the arrancar on the screen, clenching his teeth tightly together. He felt his anger rise when he heard the arrancar laugh.

"Why would you help me?"

"Why? Shouldn't it be simple?" Katsu asked, raising his eyebrows slightly. He smiled a second later. "Because I found it quite amusing seeing you try to hack into my machine. But I simply got tired of it and decided to make it less complicated."

Everyone shivered when a dark look came over Kurotsuchi's face. The arrancar was insulting him!

"But that is not why I have contacted you." Katsu said, closing his eyes with a pleasant smile.

He slowly opened his eyes with a dark look in his orbs, a smile spreading across his face, making all the Captain narrow their eyes and all the shinigami glare at the screen. He held his hand out.

"May I... take Yuri Hikari now?"

"Like hell we'll do that!" Ichigo snapped, stepping closer to the screen and slamming his hands on the desk, making the scientist start yelling. "We will never give you Yuri!"

The arrancar went expressionless, his mouth in a firm line and his eyes narrowed. Everyone stared at the screen, Yuri's eyes wide, trembling in Hitsugaya's hold. Katsu continued to stare at the orange haired man with that dark look... until a smile appeared on his lips, closing his eyes with a chuckle.

"Fine... if that is how you feel." Katsu said, shrugging lightly. "Then I will just... have to go there myself." He said, opening his eyes, making every single person shiver.

"There are thousands of shinigami here!" Ichigo yelled, glaring hatefully at the arrancar. "If you do that you will die in less than five minutes!"

Katsu continued to stare through the screen with a smile. Yuri stared at the arrancar, slowly looking at his hair, blinking when she saw it was dark purple. It was short and spiked. She furrowed her eyebrows. He was scary.

"We will see, now won't we?" Katsu asked, delicately raising an eyebrow.

"I want to see Rio and Shun!" Yuri yelled, making the arrancar blink.

Katsu blinked several more times, making the brown haired woman shiver when she felt his gaze on her, seeing him reach for something and grab a board, staring at it with a blank stare. He looked back up.

"I am terribly sorry, Yuri Hikari, but... they are both currently going through a series of tests." Katsu said. "Well, I should say more like experiments."

He smiled before narrowing his eyes, looking to the side, everyone hearing something like a door opening. He turned his head, a deep sigh leaving his lips and furrowing his eyebrows with a look that said he was giving up.

"Now, now, Rio. Look what you did. You made another mess with your blood."

Yuri and all the Captains widened their eyes.

"Is Shun not done yet? No? Well, considering how much fight she has in her that is understandable." Katsu said, closing his eyes with another sigh. "I am sorry, Captains of the Gotei Thirteen, but I must go now."

He narrowed his eyes with a smile.

"Bye."

The large screen disappeared at the same time the screen in Kurotsuchi's lab went black before turning back on, everything going back to normal. Yamamoto narrowed his eyes while all the Captains inwardly cursed.

Yuri started bawling, tears rolling down her face, holding onto Hitsugaya tightly.